Innisfail (Alberta)

Innisfail is a town of about 7,800 people (2016) in the Central Corridor region of Alberta, Canada.

Understand
Innisfail is approximately south of Red Deer,  north of Calgary, and  south of Edmonton. It is set in the rolling parkland of central Alberta, between the Rocky Mountains foothills to the west and the flatter Alberta prairie to the east.

The town's name comes from an Irish-language epithet for Ireland, Inis Fáil, "Isle of Destiny". Before this name was adopted, the town was often referred to as "Poplar Grove".

Get in

 * The Queen Elizabeth II highway (Highway 2), allow about 1 hr 30 min to drive from either Edmonton or Calgary main airports.